Re: [RFC] is_literal()
| From: | Jakob Givoni | Date: | Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:23:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] is_literal() | ||
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On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 3:26 PM Craig Francis <craig@craigfrancis.co.uk> wrote:
>
> As to the name, it's to work alongside functions such as
> is_int(), is_string(), etc - is that a good enough reason?
I think it could cause confusion since int and string are value types,
- literal is not a type as such, it merely describes the way the value
was created.
> I'm under the impression that PHP already defines these as literals
Does anyone know if that is correct? Does PHP remember how the string
variable / constant was created?